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SORCERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sorcery mean?
• SORCERY (noun)
The noun SORCERY has 1 sense:
1. the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
Familiarity information: SORCERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
black art; black magic; necromancy; sorcery
Hypernyms ("sorcery" is a kind of...):
magic; thaumaturgy (any art that invokes supernatural powers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sorcery"):
witchcraft; witchery (the art of sorcery)
bewitchment; enchantment (a magical spell)
demonism; diabolism; Satanism (a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan))
obiism (belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies)
Derivation:
sorcerise; sorcerize (transform or change by means of sorcery)
sorcerous (possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers)
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